'Travel Switzerland' is a big improvement on 'Swiss Travel System'

Reluctant to tell people about this place because some numpty posted online about how they took some ancient pottery shards home

Looking for two freelance travel writers, this time someone who is based in Seoul. Also looking for someone based in or very familiar with Kyoto. Email me jamie_spain @ condenast . com or send me a dm with your clips/past work! #freelancewriters #travelwriter #freelancerequest

3 years ago this opulent shopping mall/hotel/entertainment district opened in Turkestan 🇰🇿. A tricky pandemic beginning, it feels as though it's now slowly coming to life. Quite surreal to see such a large artificial waterway in the arid Kazakh Steppe. Will research more...

Accommodation has been so good in Central Asia until I got to Hampton by Hilton in Turkestan which I chose for the view it advertises of the mausoleum...there is no view! Such a disappointment

When I worked as a copywriter for a travel agency, laughing at this sort of tripe used to get us through the day.

Just utter nonsense

Still trying to get my tiny mind around Uzbekistan's long and very eventful history

You know when you're travelling & you suddenly start googling all those little questions you have? Do I need to tip? Can I drink the tap water? etc. Well, I decided to try & answer as many as I could about #Albania Let me know if you think of any others! thegrown-upgapyear.com/2024/04/travel…

Yesterday our guests were able to swim in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on their Transatlantic Crossing where the ocean depth measured 4,500 feet!

#ItsYachtingNotCruising #SeaDreamYC #TransatlanticCrossing

I don't think I've been to a more litter-free country than Uzbekistan. The contrast with London is stark. Many other countries could learn a lot from what ever they're doing

Jet2 have confirmed they still pay money to Air Tanker despite the latter's links with the controversial Rwanda scheme. Who, if any, will blink first?

A lovely old tower in Khiva. I got rained on before, which came as a surprise considering this is technically in a desert

I think I slept for 9 hours on this sleeper train, waking up somewhere in the desert. Blissful. Now about 20 from Khiva, only a few minutes late

On board the night train to Khiva, a journey that takes about 14 hours, partly through the Kyzylkum desert

Love the newish Istanbul airport, nice big space to explore and while away the time (which is just as well considering my flight is delayed by two hours). WiFi is pretty appalling though, which has made sending pitches a challenge

Very quiet flight to Istanbul, not sure why they need an A330 (repositioning?)

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I'm looking for someone with a series of publication-quality white-necked rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) images for a thing.

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The absolute very worst part of going away has become saying goodbye to the dog